{"id":26058,"date":"2020-11-06T18:46:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=26058"},"modified":"2020-11-06T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T18:47:43","slug":"arrl-opposes-new-50-licence-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/11\/06\/arrl-opposes-new-50-licence-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRL opposes new $50 licence fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US amateurs have been exempted from application fees for several years.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ARRL<\/strong><\/a> will file comments in firm opposition to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FCC<\/strong><\/a> proposal to impose a $50 fee on amateur radio licence and application fees.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposal, amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio application.<\/p>\n<p>This would apply for new licenses, licence renewals, upgrades to existing licences, and to vanity call sign requests.<\/p>\n<p>The ARRL is encouraging members to file comments that stress amateur radio\u2019s contributions to the United States and its communities.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/arrl-urges-members-to-join-in-strongly-opposing-fcc-s-application-fees-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>this article<\/strong><\/a> on the ARRL website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US amateurs have been exempted from application fees for several years. The ARRL will file comments in firm opposition to an FCC proposal to impose a $50 fee on amateur radio licence and application fees. Under the proposal, amateur radio licensees would pay a $50 fee for each amateur radio application. This would apply for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}